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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Kensington 1896
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Parish]
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Summary of the Work of the Sanitary Inspectors during the year 1896.
| Sanitary Districts.1 | No. of Complaints made by Inhabitants, &c. | No. of Houses, Premises, ice., inspected. | No. of Re-inspections of Houses, Premises. &c. | Results of Inspection. | House Drains. | Water Closets. | Dust Receptacles. | Water Supply. | Miscellaneous. | ||||||||||||||||
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| Written Intimations of Nuisances Served. | Notices served by order of the Works and Sanitary Committee. | Final Notices signed by Medical Officer served. | Houses, Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, Whitewashed, Ac. | Houses Disinfected after illness of an Infectious character.† | Repaired, Cleansed, &c. | Ventilated, Trapped. &c. | Repaired, &c. | Supplied with Water. | Soil-pipes Ventilated. | New provided. | Repaired, Covered, &c. | Cisterns erected. | Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired, Covered, &c. | Waste-pipes connected with drains, kc., abolished. | No. of Lodging Houses newly Registered under 94th Section of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891. | Yards and Area3 paved and drained. | Animals removed, being improperly kept. | Regularly Inspected. | Legal Proceedings, i.e., Summonses. | ||||||
| Bakehouses. | Licensed Cowsheds. | Licensed Slaughter-Houses. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| North | 255 | 1,032 | 3,527 | 386 | 278 | 25 | 301 | 89 | 79 | 152 | 76 | 64 | 31 | 47 | 3 | 42 | 6 | • •• | 118 | 1 | 21 | • •• | 1 | 14 | |
| N.E. | 190 | 881 | 2,978 | 378 | 200 | 23 | 59 | 144 | 138 | 92 | 46 | 124 | 74 | 20 | 52 | 3 | 64 | 18 | • •• | 90 | • •• | 27 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| N.W. | 152 | 1,310 | 3,927 | 336 | 364 | 50 | 177 | 307 | 170 | 73 | 200 | 151 | 46 | 49 | 65 | 1 | 27 | 7 | ... | 85 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Central | 180 | 759 | 948 | 190 | 123 | 10 | 119 | 129 | 59 | 58 | 47 | 18 | 40 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 31 | 1 | • •• | 76 | 26 | 1 | 6 | 3 | |
| S.E. | 176 | 933 | 2,642 | 309 | 110 | 8 | 24 | 176 | 20 | 36 | 90 | 43 | 99 | 10 | 21 | 8 | 28 | 2 | • •• | 82 | • •• | 28 | • •• | • •• | 3 |
| S. W. | 209 | 1,350 | 3,288 | 367 | 135 | 5 | 145 | 130 | 109 | 48 | 222 | 142 | 72 | 42 | 25 | 27 | 92 | • •• | • •• | 189 | 2 | 23 | • •• | 1 | 2 |
| 1,162 | 6,265 | 17,310 | 1,966 | 1,210 | 121 | 569 | 1,187 | 585 | 386 | 757 | 554 | 395 | 168 | 217 | 44 | 284 | 34 | • •• | 640 | 6 | 138 | 4 | 13 | 30 | |
* For a description of the Sanitary Districts, see page 2.
† Done under the supervision of the Inspector for the Central District until October 21st, when a Special Officer was appointed.
‡ The to all number of houses on the Register in December, 1896, in round figures, was 1,500. ( Vide page 136.)